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Pete the Cat: Pete at the Beach
HarperCollins |
May 21, 2013 |
32 pages
It's a hot summer day, and Pete and his mom and brother are going to the beach! Pete loves the beach, but the waves make the water look scary. When his brother Bob offers to give him a surfing lesson, will Pete give it a try?
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Splat the Cat: A Whale of a Tale
HarperCollins |
May 21, 2013 |
32 pages
Splat's family is going to the beach—and Splat can't wait to find a shell with the sound of the sea inside! But when all he finds are broken shells, can a friend in the ocean help save the day?
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$18.99
The School for Good and Evil
HarperCollins |
May 14, 2013 |
400 pages
At the School for Good and Evil, failing your fairy tale is not an option. Welcome to the School for Good and Evil, where best friends Sophie and Agatha are about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. With her glass slippers and devotion to good deeds, Sophie knows she'll earn top marks at the... More Info
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Justice League Classic: I Am Aquaman
HarperCollins |
May 7, 2013 |
32 pages
Kids who love Superman and Batman Classic storybooks will be excited to find their favorite super heroes along with their super friends featured in a new Justice League adventure! In I Am Aquaman, the members of the Justice League travel to Atlantis to visit their friend King Arthur. While there,... More Info
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Survivors #1: The Empty City
HarperCollins |
May 7, 2013 |
304 pages
The time has come for dogs to rule the wild. Lucky has always been a Lone Dog, but when the Big Growl strikes, his whole world changes. With enemies at every turn, Lucky knows he can't survive on his own, and he falls in with a Pack. He's not sure he's ready to rely on other dogs—or have them... More Info
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Big Nate: Genius Mode
HarperCollins |
May 7, 2013 |
224 pages
The third Big Nate comic compilation in the New York Times bestselling series by Lincoln Peirce! Big Nate is a New York Times bestseller and the star of his own comic strip! Here comes the latest comic compilation from Lincoln Peirce, all about king of detention and cartooning genius Nate Wright!... More Info
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Batman Classic: Who Is Clayface?
HarperCollins |
April 30, 2013 |
32 pages
When a man posing as Bruce Wayne causes problems at the bank, Batman™ knows exactly who the imposter is. But it's hard to catch a criminal who can change shape.
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Applewhites at Wit's End
HarperCollins |
April 30, 2013 |
288 pages
Jack Semple and E.D. Applewhite are back, in this middle-grade sequel to Stephanie S. Tolan’s Newbery Honor Book Surviving the Applewhites. Teenager E.D., the not so artistic, not at all eccentric member of the unconventional Applewhite clan, can't believe the plan her father has hatched to save... More Info
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Llama Drama
HarperCollins Children's Books |
March 1, 2013 |
192 pages
The seventh animal in the hilarious AWESOME ANIMALS series – awesome adventures with the wildest wildlife.
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Dream of Lights
HarperCollins Children's Books |
April 23, 2013 |
320 pages
A powerful and moving stand-alone novel for anyone who loved A GATHERING LIGHT or BETWEEN SHADES OF GREY, in which a teenage girl struggles against the odds for survival in a North Korean prison camp… From the author of A Brighter Fear.
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The Fix
HarperCollins |
April 23, 2013 |
288 pages
Addictions to iphones, painkillers, cupcakes, alcohol and sex are taking over our lives.
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Tim, Ted and the Pirates
Harpercollins Pub Limited |
September 1, 2006 |
32 pages
While Miss Wait reads a story to the class, Tim imagines that he and his stuffed animal Ted go on an adventure and meet pirates.
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Pinkalicious: Puptastic!
HarperCollins |
April 30, 2013 |
32 pages
In Victoria Kann’s ninth Pinkalicious I Can Read book, Pinkalicious: Puptastic!, Pinkalicious is expecting to have a pinkatastic weekend puppy-sitting. She’s sure she’ll have all kinds of fun with Pinky, the visiting poodle. But Pinky is shy and doesn’t want to play. Pinkalicious gets... More Info
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Fancy Nancy: Fanciest Doll in the Universe
HarperCollins |
April 23, 2013 |
32 pages
Fancy Nancy is back in New York Times bestselling team Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser's picture book Fancy Nancy: Fanciest Doll in the Universe, about the love little girls feel for their favorite dolls—and their favorite sisters! Fancy Nancy's sister, JoJo, can really be a pest sometimes... More Info
How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids
HarperCollins |
April 23, 2013 |
208 pages
In How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids, New York Times bestselling author and professor Thomas C. Foster gives tweens the tools they need to become thoughtful readers. With funny insights and a conversational style, he explains the way writers use symbol, metaphor, characterization,... More Info
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Tyler Makes Spaghetti!
HarperCollins |
April 23, 2013 |
40 pages
Tyler is ready for spaghetti! So is his dog, Tofu, especially if there are meatballs involved. Tyler loves spaghetti and meatballs so much he wants to make it for his family. But how? Chef Lorenzo to the rescue! Together, Tyler and Chef discover that sometimes pasta comes in a box and tomato sauce... More Info
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Cinderella Smith: The Super Secret Mystery
HarperCollins |
April 23, 2013 |
160 pages
Stephanie Barden has created a great role model for tweens. Cinderella Smith is confident, smart, and very real. Fans of Junie B. Jones and Clementine will love watching Cinderella conquer the problems of third-grade life, and parents will appreciate the vocabulary-enhancing words Stephanie Barden... More Info
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I Am the Dog
HarperCollins |
September 21, 2010 |
32 pages
Jacob is the boy. Max is the dog. Until they decide to change places. Now Jacob gets to eat kibble, chase squirrels, and snooze, just like a real dog. Max brushes his teeth, goes to school, and plays video games, just like a real boy. The question is: Who has the better deal? Story maestro Daniel... More Info
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A Special Gift for Grammy
HarperCollins |
April 23, 2013 |
32 pages
As Grammy kissed Hunter good-bye, she saw the pile of stones. "What do I do with a pile of stones?" she asked Hunter. "What everyone does with a pile of stones," he answered. "Of course," said Grammy. Acclaimed author Jean Craighead George tells a touching story of love and imagination—one that... More Info
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Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
Harpercollins Childrens Books |
May 1, 2012 |
40 pages
Pete the cat loves the buttons on his shirt so much that he makes up a song about them, and even as the buttons pop off one by one, he still finds a reason to sing. 150,000 first printing.
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Planet Tad
Harpercollins Childrens Books |
May 8, 2012 |
256 pages
"Twelve-year-old Tad navigates a year filled with girl problems, school antics, and the worst summer job in history, all told in the form of hilarious, illustrated blog entries"--
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$24.95
Any Known Blood
Harpercollins Canada |
November 21, 2008 |
512 pages
Langston Cane V is 38, divorced and working as a government speechwriter, until he's fired for sabotaging the minister's speech. It seems the perfect time for Langston, the eldest son of a white mother and prominent black father, to embark on a quest to discover his family's past-and his own sense... More Info
Koala Calamity
HarperCollins Children's Books |
January 1, 2013 |
192 pages
The fifth animal in the hilarious AWESOME ANIMALS series – awesome adventures with the wildest wildlife. From the author of the hilarious WORLD OF NORM series comes the first of two crazy koala capers.
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Gangsta Granny
HarperCollins Children's Books |
March 1, 2013 |
306 pages
Another hilarious and moving novel from bestselling, critically acclaimed author David Walliams, the natural successor to Roald Dahl.
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A short history of Indians in Canada
HarperCollins |
August 3, 2006 |
256 pages
No summary available.
$9.99
Mr Stink
HarperCollins Children's Books |
July 27, 2010 |
224 pages
The second original, touching, twisted, and most of all hilarious novel for children from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country – beautifully illustrated by Quentin Blake.
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The Boy in the Dress
HarperCollins Children's Books |
June 1, 2009 |
231 pages
The sparkling debut children’s novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country.
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$12.99
Why I Love Canada
HarperCollins Publishers |
October 15, 2012 |
26 pages
Featuring children’s own words and heart-warming pictures, a special little book about why we love Canada.
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$19.99
Ratburger
HarperCollins Children's Books |
October 1, 2012 |
272 pages
The fifth screamingly funny novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country.
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The New Jumper
HarperCollins Children's Books |
September 18, 2012 |
32 pages
Meet the Hueys - a fabulously quirky group of characters from international bestselling, award-winning author/illustrator, Oliver Jeffers, creator of How to Catch a Star and Lost and Found.
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Merry Meerkat Madness
HarperCollins Children's Books |
November 13, 2012 |
192 pages
The fourth meerkat story in the hilarious Awesome Animals series – awesome adventures with the wildest wildlife. Told in Ian Whybrow’s unique style this hilarious Christmas adventure is a must-have for little meerkat fans.
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The Great Granny Gang
HarperCollins Children's Books |
November 20, 2012 |
32 pages
Here comes the fearless granny gang, The youngest eighty-two. They leap down from their granny van, And there’s nothing they can’t do!
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The Wit and Wisdom of Winston Churchill
HarperCollins e-books |
October 13, 2009 |
256 pages
An extremely entertaining compendium of bon mots, anecdotes, and trivia about Winston Churchill from a leading Churchill lecturer and performer -- useful for speakers, students, of history, and World War II buffs, as well as general readers.
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The Snoring Bird
HarperCollins e-books |
October 6, 2009 |
512 pages
Although Gerd Heinrich, a devoted naturalist, specialized in wasps, Bernd Heinrich tried to distance himself from his "old-fashioned" father, becoming a hybrid: a modern, experimental biologist with a naturalist's sensibilities. In this extraordinary memoir, the award-winning author shares the ways... More Info
The Ice Princess
HarperCollins UK |
March 1, 2011 |
400 pages
Originally published in Swedish as Isprinsessan.
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Mummy and Me
HarperCollins Children's Books |
March 13, 2009 |
32 pages
Gorgeous new bear character from the highly-regarded creator of Blue Kangaroo and Melrose and Croc. The first book in a wonderful new series exploring the experiences of the very young through the eyes of the irrepressibly endearing Humber the bear. Humber's mum is the centre of his world and he... More Info
Kaspar: prince of cats
HarperCollins Children's Books |
March 23, 2010 |
206 pages
A heart-warming, colour-illustrated novel about Kaspar the Savoy cat, from the award-winning author of Born to Run and The Amazing Story of Adolphus TipsKaspar the cat first came to the Savoy Hotel in a basket - Johnny Trott knows, because he was the one who carried him in. Johnny was a bell-boy,... More Info
This Moose Belongs to Me
HarperCollins Children's Books |
September 1, 2012 |
32 pages
WINNER of the Irish Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year 2012. An exquisite new book, featuring a boy and his moose, from internationally bestselling, multi-prize-winning picture book creator, Oliver Jeffers.
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Private Peaceful
Harpercollins Pub Limited |
August 1, 2004 |
192 pages
A Stunning Novel Of World War 1. It Is So Absorbing And Atmospheric That You Will Want To Keep Reading To The End. Told Through The Voice Of A Young Soldier It Captures In 24 Hours The Memories Of His Life - With The Harsh Realisation That He Is Also Facing An Unknown Future! &A Deeply Moving... More Info
About a Bear
HarperCollins Children's Books |
November 22, 2011 |
32 pages
Starring a very jolly big brown bear, this is the first book for HarperCollins from the talented author-illustrator Holly Surplice. A bear can be happy, a bear can be sad. A bear can be bored, and a bear can be glad! Life is never dull for this bear there are butterflies to chase, trees to climb... More Info
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Casper Candlewacks in the Attack of the Brainiacs!
HarperCollins Children's Books |
April 26, 2012 |
224 pages
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An Elephant in the Garden
HarperCollinsChildrenâsBooks |
August 10, 2011 |
240 pages
A thrilling and moving novel about an extraordinary animal caught up in a very human war, for anyone who loved The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips or The Butterfly Lion By the award-winning former Children "s Laureate and author of War Horse. Dresden, 1945. Elizabeth and Karli's mother works at the... More Info
A Brighter Fear
HarperCollins Children's Books |
August 2, 2012 |
283 pages
A beautiful love story and contemporary fairytale set against the backdrop of the Iraq war, this stunning and moving novel will break your heart, only to put it back together again…
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The Wonderful World of Walter and Winnie
HarperCollins Children's Books |
November 1, 2012 |
32 pages
Introducing the first fantastic tale from the Wonderful World of Walter and Winnie - an enchanting new picture book series from Rachel Bright.
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The Great Unexpected
HarperCollins |
September 4, 2012 |
240 pages
I had big thoughts to match the big wind. I wondered if we find the people we need when we need them. I wondered if we attract our future by some sort of invisible force, or if we are drawn to it by a similar force. I felt I was turning a corner and that change was afoot. In the little town of... More Info
My Brave Year of Firsts
HarperCollins |
September 4, 2012 |
40 pages
The tenth collaboration between Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell celebrates the everyday bravery of trying new things for the very first time. While our spunky heroine, Frankie, learns to ride a bike, tie her shoes, make new friends, love her first dog, borrow a book from the library, say when... More Info
Paddington Goes for Gold
HarperCollins Children's Books |
March 26, 2012 |
32 pages
A brand new picture book featuring Paddington, the classic bear from Darkest Peru, as he takes part in a local family sports event, with hilarious results! When Paddington attends a local family sports event with the Brown family, he can't wait to try his paw at as many activities as possible. But,... More Info
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Always October
HarperCollins |
August 28, 2012 |
384 pages
No doubt about it, little brothers can be monsters. When sixth grader Jake Doolittle finds a baby on the doorstep and his mother decides to keep it, those words are more than just an expression. Instead, they perfectly describe the way his new little brother, LD, sprouts pointy ears, thick fur, and... More Info
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